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How Do Cultural and Institutional Distance Affect China’s OFDI towards the OBOR Countries?

open access: yesBaltic Journal of European studies, 2017
In order to examine the impact of cultural and institutional distance on China’s OFDI towards the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) area, the paper selects 28 countries along The Belt and Road.
Zhang Lin, Xu Zheqian
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Cultural distance, friendship cities and production rates of contracted arable land in China’s overseas arable land investment [PDF]

open access: yesCiência Rural
: Based on the data of China’s overseas arable land investment in 47 countries along the “Belt and Road”, the Tobit model is used to analyze the effects of cultural distance and friendship cities on the production rates of contracted arable land in China’
Linyan Ma, Zichun Pan, Feng Wei
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Does cultural distance affect online review ratings? Measuring international customers’ satisfaction with services leveraging digital platforms and big data

open access: yesJournal of Management and Governance, 2020
The advent and development of digital platforms has helped enhance the international visibility of brands, products and services, and has also introduced a proliferation of online reviews.
Marcello M. Mariani, Michela Matarazzo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effects of Social Media Usage on Consumers’ Purchase Intention in Social Commerce: A Cross-Cultural Empirical Analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Social commerce has produced enormous economic benefits as well as challenges for organizations, individuals, and industries. However, social media usage does not necessarily generate users’ intention to purchase on social commerce websites.
Shangui Hu, Zhen Zhu
doaj   +1 more source

Cultural distance and international trade in services: A disaggregate view

open access: yesEconomic Systems, 2020
In this paper, we estimate the effect of “cultural distance” on bilateral trade in services. Our measure of cultural distance is based on the scores developed by the social psychologist Geert Hofstede, which reflect country averages of individuals ...
Philipp Harms, D. Shuvalova
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Voice and Body: Emotional Proximity and Physical Distance in Marie de France’s ‘Laustic’ [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Through the lens of feminist theoretical questions and gender studies, this paper explores the relationship between voice and body and the emotional and physical distance that occurs between genders in Marie de France’s Laustic.
Zisa, Jessica
core   +1 more source

Blinatumomab Utilization in Pediatric B‐Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Experience From the Mountain West

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Blinatumomab is a bispecific T‐cell engager approved for the treatment of pediatric B‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL). Outpatient home infusion reduces hospitalization burden and optimizes resource utilization, but is logistically challenging.
Angela Parra del Riego   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Negotiating cultures in cyberspace [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
In this paper we report findings of a multidisciplinary study of online participation by culturally diverse participants in a distance adult education course offered in Canada and examine in detail three of the study's findings.
Chase, Mackie   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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